{"product_id":"the-devil-is-a-southpaw-9780063259652","title":"The Devil Is a Southpaw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA haunting, unforgettable novel of obsession, pride, and forgiveness, exploring the friendship and rivalry between two gifted boys in harrowing circumstances, from the acclaimed writer of \u003cem\u003eThe Removed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilton Muleborn has envied Matthew Echota, a talented Cherokee artist, ever since they were locked up together in a dangerous juvenile detention center in the late 1980s. Until Matthew escaped, that is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel within a novel, we read here Milton's dark, sometimes comic, and possibly unreliable account of the story of their childhood even as, years later, he remains jealous of Matthew's extraordinary abilities and unlikely success. Milton reveals secrets about their friendship, their families, and their nightmarish, surreal, experience of imprisonment. In revisiting the past, he explores the echoing traumas of incarceration and pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with Brandon Hobson's swirling yet visceral writing, and punctuated with original artwork, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Is a Southpaw \u003c\/em\u003eis an ambitious, elegant, and propulsive novel in the spirit of Vladimir Nabokov and Gabriel García Márquez. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHobson, Brandon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrandon Hobson \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eThe Removed \u003c\/em\u003eas well as other books\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e His novel \u003cem\u003eWhere the Dead Sit Talking \u003c\/em\u003ewas a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation tribe of Oklahoma.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676321251602,"sku":"9780063259652","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac2ab1d8-f8a0-4304-ade1-ef3e99ce93dd.jpg?v=1761054787","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-devil-is-a-southpaw-9780063259652","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}